The Rev. Dennis O'Brien urged mourners to remember Marcotte for the way she lived, not the way she died.

"Her death should not be the headline story," he said. "The headline story that the entire world needs to see and read is the love that she lived every single day of her life."

Marcotte grew up in Leominster, graduated from Boston University and worked as an account manager at Google in New York City.

She went out for a run at about 1 p.m. on Aug. 7 and never came home. Her body was found by police about seven hours later in a wooded area about a half-mile from her mother's home.

Investigators have received more than 600 tips, but no arrests have been announced. They say her male assailant may have suffered cuts, scratches and bruises from a struggle.

She is survived by her parents, John Marcotte and Rossana Marcotte, one grandfather, several aunts and uncles and cousins.

"Vanessa embodied everything that is good in a human being," according to her obituary. "She was kind, compassionate, bright, curious, charming, and vivacious. She was blessed with beauty, grace, a generous spirit, and a loving heart."

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